Scott Waldman, Staff writer

The human toll for Camp Bisco includes on dead, one paralyzed and unable to communicate and dozens of others with serious health consequences. Police are not allowed on the grounds and some question how many are really allowed to attend. Here’s the story from Sunday’s A1. Heather Bynum won’t be at Camp Bisco this year. She’ll […]
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Trey Anastasio is one great argument in favor of sobriety. Since the Phish frontman’s 2006 arrest for drug possession in Washington County and subsequent rehabilitation, his playing has taken on a new energy and buoyancy. At the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Friday, he stood at center stage grinning at the audience he so aptly […]
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This review should not just be about Foxygen. It should be about the whole slate of artists that played on Saturday at the Solid Sound Festival at Mass MOCA. It should be about festival hosts, Wilco, one of our great American musical exports. For almost two decades, Wilco has put out a string of […]
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By Scott Waldman Seth Avett has gone to sleep with Albany on his mind for weeks. And though it’s because he’s been rereading William Kennedy’s “Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game,” the Avett Brothers concert at the Palace Theater on Sunday was so energetic and so connected to the crowd, it felt as if the group had […]
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A few members of the band Hole will play an intimate show at the Basilica Hudson on Easter Sunday. Let’s get this out of the way first. No, Courtney Love will not be there and yes, the Basilica is owned by Hole bassist and Hudson resident Melissa Auf der Mar. The night begins at 6 […]
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If these people get their way, an old warehouse will be filled with mechanical metal drums, pounding out an unstoppable rhythm. There is a project taking place in Hudson to turn old engines into a crazed orchestra of sorts. Artist Kris Perry is taking junk and welding it into something beautiful, in a rusty sort […]
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HUDSON — At Club Helsinki on Friday night, Sean Rowe assured a loving hometown crowd that his wonderful album “Magic” was not a one-off effort, but rather the start of a career just beginning an upward trajectory. Rowe’s set list leaned heavily on new songs that have furthered his earlier work, which was strong enough […]
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